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State Water Plan Struggles for Funding

October 31, 2012 5:30 am by: Mose Buchele

The future of water in Texas needs some work. Photo courtesy flickr.com/tabor-roederThe future of water in Texas needs some work. Photo courtesy flickr.com/tabor-roeder

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The results of this year’s state elections will, in part, determine the priorities for the next Texas legislative session. The Legislature did not fund a state water plan in the last session; the 2012 plan is a 299-page document full of water storage and supply projects.

For StateImpact Texas, KUT’s Mose Buchele looks at the plan’s prospects for funding this session.

It’s necessary but not sufficient to really address the critical water issues we had before last year’s drought, and to really address the critical water issues that we’ll have after the plan gets funded.

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